The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-10-20

or whole autumn wrap. The excite
ment created was indescribable. The
store was bosieged; buyers could neither
get In nor out. The counter was held
By . solid wall Of women, six deep,
from early m0rning till the close at
evening, and thousands left who were
unable to approach their objective point.
Purchasers could not examine they
simply clutched piece Of the goods,
and held on to II till they could get an
attendant to cut their supply of.
those who secured the prize were %
proud % Q soldier who carried of flag
from Waterloo.
The dry goods and women's furnishing
houses are hourishing beyond precedent,
and the window display is reduced to
science-at least It has become special
branch of business, and not the least i'm
portant. One, and only one, Of the old
houses in New York resists this tide of
snowy development and modern mania
for boots, bonnets and bric-a-bra keeps
its blinds obstinately down and It's coun-
ters and warerooms obstinately clear Of
everything but that which legitimstely
belongs to its high-class city trade. Its
fortunes were already secured before the
tidal wave struck business, and its hold
upon an exclusive class of buyers
is so strong, through its old-fashioned
business methods and control of specially
manufactured wares and fabrics, that It
retain an individuality which many
would regret to see It lose. Yet thirty
years ago, when this same firm occupied
. little shop in Canal street, they We'd
with their neighbors in making their
windows attractive. But then New York
was village, or at most small town of
less than 50O, 900 inhabitants.
With the acquisition Of size and the
growth Of wealth came the cultivation
Of the exclusive spirit in business-but
this rarely pays" "It is the crowd
that pays the dividend, not the oc.
casional first-class fare" remark the rail-
road magnates in England, and 1t is 80
more or less everywhere and in every
thing. The great successes are now
made by the all-round mercantile asso.
Citations, which cater to every interest,
and provide popular show.place for the
sight-seer, % well as varied opportuni-
ties and unification Of objective points
to the shopper. In this desideratum, from
the truly great and metropolitan point
Of view, New York 10 lacking. We have
plenty Of good shops, but they are usually
specialized or not broad enough in gen.
eralization.
1t is doubtful now II any one man could
control capital enough for 80 stupendous
an enterprise as the times call for, but
the want must be filled, and it will proba-
bly, be by syndicate Of jobbers, repre-
senting Importing as we'll as American
manufacturing interests. In these days,
and in New York, we ought to have q
house where one could 60 and see faith
fully represented complete dress of every
kind and degree-from the pretty even
ing dress of the debutante and the stately
reception dress of the grands dame to the
tailor-made gown and simplest wrapper.
All kinds of dress should be arranged in
group, and classified, and might easily be
displayed without injury on revolving
frames, 80 that an outfit for bride or
schoolgirl could be seen and its cost cal
culated with the least expenditure of
time and with ease and pleasure to the
buyer.
Under the same roof 1t ought to be pos.
sible to select all the furniture needed for
house or fiat; for the 500, 900 house and
the $80O-per-annum apartment; not by
ransacking and overhsuling piece by
piece, going from one floor to another
and back again, but by seeing all needful
and suitable articles In proper position,
from the gridiron to the dining table, and
the dinner set of Haviland china, or blue
Jersey crockery, to the "shams" of the
bedroom set Of decorated pine, solid
mahogany or pink and white enamel.
In addition to this, there is no reason
why 1t should not be possible to furnish
the pantry a. we'll as the kitchen, the
store-room as we'll as the pantry, the coal
bin as well a. the beds and blankets, and
maids warranted to give at least q week. 8
notice before departing, and to know the
difference between utensil that Is used
for baking and one that is used for fry
ing There is even now one store in
existence In London at which the most
Of that which has been enumerated can
be ordered, including the maids, and Is
obtainable within forty eight hours. But
in New York we must 60 to one house
for carpets, to another for crockery, to
third for general furnishings, to a
fourth for special parlor furniture, to
q fifth for linen, to . sixth for
ornaments, and to the seventh, eighth,
ninth and so on interminably for q
choice in dresses, dress materials and out
fits. Then you have no chance Of finding